psymodel 1 and 2 of toolame (.mp2)

Frank talked about a modified mppenc and a tool which creates mpeg2 audio streams from that mppenc's output a while ago (iirc), and I am wondering whether this will be merged into mppenc itself at some point?

psymodel 1 and 2 of toolame (.mp2)

So I tried and found out that even 112 - 128 kbit/s in plain stereo in mp2 is a acceptable compromise for keeping surround.With 96 kbit/s and lower in plain stereo the sound will get very worse.

The reason why 112 or 128 kbit/s in plain stereo in mp2 is better compromise than 112/128 in joint stereo is:this format is used for movies, so mostly no music, more speech, sounds and surround effects.So stereo mode for keeping surround is more important than HighFrequ., exact tonality.

So do you recommend psy model 2 over 1 for low bitrates, 96, 112 up to 160 kbit/s, all plain stereo, too ?Or should model 1 preferred for bitrates 160 and lower in plain stereo ?

psymodel 1 and 2 of toolame (.mp2)

I don't, as Besweet is used by a lot people and it just passes parametres to exe-files.Has somebody errors with toolame model 2, too ?

The advantage of Besweet is, that in batch encoding the best programs azid1.8, ssrc1.29_hp and toolame12i are used, one step ac3 to mp2.There are intermediate files, after ssrc processing there is one "big" wave. toolame is started properly, it shows correct parameters in DOS-box.Eg. the first 4 minutes of a 20 minute wave get encoded, no more.Several trials on the same ac3/wav result to the same mp2, which is cut exactly at the same time.

Just changing in Besweet psymodel from 2 to 1, then the whole song becomes encoded.